Topic: The Open Championship

Clarke hopes his Open success will boost Northern Ireland

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - Darren Clarke presented the gold medal he won for scooping the British Open to his home town golf club in Northern Ireland on Tuesday.The last Northern Irishman to win the British Open was Fred Daly in 1947 ...
Darren Clarke's victory has added fresh momentum to calls for the British Open to be staged in Northern Ireland after the country clinched its third Major in just over a year.Clarke's memorable three-stroke win at Royal St George's on Sunday saw the ...

Clarke celebrates all night after priceless Open victory

SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - Still wearing a grin almost the width of Royal St George's 18th fairway despite no sleep, Darren Clarke was slowly getting his muzzy head around becoming the oldest British Open champion for over 40 years.The 42-year-old Northern Irishman's ...

Clarke holds steady to finally land the big one

SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - Darren Clarke's long wait for a first major title ended when he fought off a pack of Americans to claim a magnificent three-shot victory at a windswept British Open on Sunday.Playing in the championship for the 20th time, ...

Clarke poised for Open Championship glory

Darren Clarke rode a wave of fan support to grab the lead after a storm-hit third round of the British Open on Saturday, setting up the prospect of an emotion-charged climax to the tournament.The 42-year-old Ulsterman, one of the most popular sportsmen ...

Sandwich brickyard working against big hitters, says Lehman

SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - Royal St George's "brick hard" fairways could bounce the big hitters out of contention at this year's British Open, former champion Tom Lehman said on Friday.The veteran American used all his links course know-how to card a second ...

Surging Schwartzel gets lucky break off fan's head

SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - U.S. Masters champion Charl Schwartzel got a lucky break off a spectator's head on his way to a three-under-par second round 67 that put him firmly in contention at the British Open on Friday.After driving into sand at ...

Glover leads American charge with sizzling British Open finish

SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - Lucas Glover led the early American challenge at the British Open with a storming finish to his first round at Royal St George's as the winds relented on Thursday.The bearded Glover, winner of the 2009 U.S. Open, finished ...

Hole in one does little to cheer up sick Dustin Johnson

SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - World number 12 Dustin Johnson was in no fit state to celebrate despite producing a spectacular burst of scoring, including a hole-in-one, at the British Open on Thursday.The big-hitting American, battling against illness, was four-over-par after 12 but ...

Bjorn and Lewis share British Open lead

A tearful Thomas Bjorn returned to the scene of his former heartbreak here on Thursday to grab the first round lead in the British Open which he shares with 20-year-old English amateur Tom Lewis.On a day when patchy rain and stiff sea ...